# HYDE PARK REALTY COMPANY, INC.
> **Judicial** · FY1999 · — · Superseded by Another Enforcement Action
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `31955`
- **Case Number:** 05-1999-0661
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Superseded by Another Enforcement Action
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- HYDE PARK REALTY COMPANY, INC. (complaint)
## Summary

DEFENDANT MANAGES VARIOUS RENTAL UNITS IN THE CHICAGO AREA.  MOST OF THE BUILDINGS WERE CONSTRUCTED PRIOR TO 1978, WHICH  MEANS THAT DEFENDAT MUST PERFORM VARIOUS DISCLOSURE ACTIVI-  TIES AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 1018 AND ITS IMPLEMENTING REGU-  LATIONS.  THE U.S. EPA ISSUED A SUBPOENA TO DEFENDANT        REQUESTING ALL LEASE AND DISCLOSURE DOCUMENTATION SINCE      SEPTEMBER, 1996, WHICH WAS THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE REGULA- TIONS.  ALSO, THE U.S. EPA RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM THE     CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH (CDPH) PERTAINING TO THE PRESENCE OF LEAD POISENED CHILDREN AND LEAD-BASED PAINT IN   UNITS MANAGED BY HYDE PARK.  THE DOCUMENTATION SHOWED THAT   HYDE PARK FAILED TO PROPERLY PERFORM DISCLOSURE ACTIVITIES   IN 722 LEASING TRANSACTIONS.  ALSO, TWENTY-NINE POISENED     CHILDREN RESIDE OR HAVE RECENTLY RESIDED IN UNITS MANAGED BY HYDE PARK, AND THESE UNITS HAVE BEEN INSPECTED BY THE CDPH   FOR LEAD.  FOR SOME OF THESE UNITS, HYDE PARK HAS FAILED TO  DISCLOSE THE PRESENCE OF LEAD-BASED PAINT AFTER IT OR THE    OWNER OF THE UNIT HAD BEEN NOTIFIED BY THE CITY OF THE       EXISTENCE OF LEAD-BASED PAINT IN THE UNIT.

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